Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Liberia

Fertilizer use in Liberia in 2023 — 11.7 kg/ha. Ranked 155 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 8,727.1%.

2023 11.7 kg/ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 155of 191
Period maximum 20.4 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Liberia, 1961–2023010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.1 kg/ha1962: 0.1 kg/ha1963: 0.3 kg/ha1964: 0.5 kg/ha1965: 0.8 kg/ha1966: 3.8 kg/ha1967: 4.3 kg/ha1968: 3.3 kg/ha1969: 4.9 kg/ha1970: 6.3 kg/ha1971: 5.2 kg/ha1972: 10.2 kg/ha1973: 9 kg/ha1974: 9 kg/ha1975: 13.3 kg/ha1976: 16.1 kg/ha1977: 16.7 kg/ha1978: 11.2 kg/ha1979: 14.8 kg/ha1980: 8.4 kg/ha1981: 13.7 kg/ha1982: 3.5 kg/ha1983: 7.4 kg/ha1984: 2.9 kg/ha1985: 3.8 kg/ha1986: 4.3 kg/ha1987: 9 kg/ha1988: 8.5 kg/ha1989: 6.8 kg/ha1990: 0.9 kg/ha2002: 7.8 kg/ha2003: 8.6 kg/ha2004: 7.9 kg/ha2005: 8.6 kg/ha2006: 11.5 kg/ha2007: 7.1 kg/ha2008: 7.7 kg/ha2009: 7.3 kg/ha2010: 11.8 kg/ha2011: 7.5 kg/ha2012: 10.9 kg/ha2013: 11.3 kg/ha2014: 11.2 kg/ha2015: 11 kg/ha2016: 14.6 kg/ha2017: 18.6 kg/ha2018: 17.5 kg/ha2019: 17 kg/ha2020: 20.4 kg/ha2021: 15.5 kg/ha2022: 11.7 kg/ha2023: 11.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +11.5 (+8,727.06%) Average annual rate: 7.49 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 11.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 11.7 +0 +0%
2022 11.7 −3.8 −24.66%
2021 15.5 −4.9 −23.97%
2020 20.4 +3.4 +19.84%
2019 17 −0.5 −2.88%
2018 17.5 −1.1 −5.73%
2017 18.6 +4 +27.35%
2016 14.6 +3.6 +32.23%
2015 11 −0.2 −1.66%
2014 11.2 −0.1 −0.5%
2013 11.3 +0.4 +3.51%
2012 10.9 +3.4 +45.19%
2011 7.5 −4.3 −36.25%
2010 11.8 +4.5 +61.17%
2009 7.3 −0.4 −4.91%
2008 7.7 +0.6 +8.85%
2007 7.1 −4.5 −38.75%
2006 11.5 +2.9 +34.28%
2005 8.6 +0.7 +8.75%
2004 7.9 −0.7 −7.99%
2003 8.6 +0.8 +9.97%
2002 7.8
1990 0.9 −5.9 −87.3%
1989 6.8 −1.8 −20.59%
1988 8.5 −0.5 −5.29%
1987 9 +4.7 +110.97%
1986 4.3 +0.4 +10.72%
1985 3.8 +0.9 +32.73%
1984 2.9 −4.5 −60.71%
1983 7.4 +3.9 +112.55%
1982 3.5 −10.3 −74.78%
1981 13.7 +5.4 +64.15%
1980 8.4 −6.4 −43.48%
1979 14.8 +3.6 +32.14%
1978 11.2 −5.5 −33.04%
1977 16.7 +0.7 +4.12%
1976 16.1 +2.8 +21.23%
1975 13.3 +4.3 +47.15%
1974 9 +0 +0.24%
1973 9 −1.2 −11.84%
1972 10.2 +5 +96.53%
1971 5.2 −1.1 −17.39%
1970 6.3 +1.4 +28.48%
1969 4.9 +1.6 +50%
1968 3.3 −1.1 −24.59%
1967 4.3 +0.5 +14.29%
1966 3.8 +3 +370.45%
1965 0.8 +0.3 +50%
1964 0.5 +0.3 +101.61%
1963 0.3 +0.1 +100%
1962 0.1 +0 +0.53%
1961 0.1

About the indicator

Consumption of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphate and potash in nutrient terms) in kilograms per hectare of arable land. It is directly linked to yields, but excessive application leads to the pollution of water bodies and to nitrous oxide emissions — which is why the optimum, not the maximum, is the goal here.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by arable land — the same denominator that stands in the indicator. The figure does not distinguish types of fertilizer and says nothing about whether it was applied at the right rate and the right time.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.